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Re: What's the biggest football moment you witnessed in person?
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 6:06 am
by Citizen
GameBeforeTheMoney wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 11:12 am
I remember Don Majkowski wore #5 (Paul Hornung's number) in that game. He was usually #7, but he wore 5 that day. Was kind of neat to see. I don't know if he or the team was honoring Hornung that day, but he wore #5.
That's the number he was issued. It was changed after one season. Hornung's number has never been officially retired, but nobody has worn it since Majkowski. (Replacement QB Willie Gillus also wore it that season).
Re: What's the biggest football moment you witnessed in person?
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 10:31 am
by GameBeforeTheMoney
Citizen wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 6:06 am
GameBeforeTheMoney wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 11:12 am
I remember Don Majkowski wore #5 (Paul Hornung's number) in that game. He was usually #7, but he wore 5 that day. Was kind of neat to see. I don't know if he or the team was honoring Hornung that day, but he wore #5.
That's the number he was issued. It was changed after one season. Hornung's number has never been officially retired, but nobody has worn it since Majkowski. (Replacement QB Willie Gillus also wore it that season).
Thanks for that info. I had no idea he was issued that number. That made me look up the game and I realized it must have been his rookie year and his first start. That really surprised me because I thought he'd played a year or two before that. He was such a big part of the Packer resurgence (at least to locals) that I'd forgotten that I must have gone to that game without knowing much about him. I do remember thinking it was neat to see #5 on the field for the Packers - not old enough to remember Hornung so the number had some aura to it for me as a kid.
Re: What's the biggest football moment you witnessed in person?
Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 9:37 am
by Dirk
The opening kickoff of Super Bowl XLI...Devin Hester running right at me. As a lifelong Bears fan that minute was the best sports moment ever.
Re: What's the biggest football moment you witnessed in person?
Posted: Fri May 10, 2024 2:15 pm
by Hail Casares
Bryan wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 5:40 pm
I saw Aaron Glenn return a missed FG for a 104-yard TD. I think its still the record (?).
This is..I believe. At the very least, I think Hester tied it the next season vs the NYG.
I was there for the Vasher one below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtYrreqQnrE